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1 Quadrans
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Dolphin depicted in left profile, its elongated body rendered in low relief in the archaic Italian style typical of cast bronze coinage of the period. Three pellets serving as denomination marks are distributed around the device in the field, confirming the quadrans value. |
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| Mintage | ND (301 BC - 201 BC) |
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Heavy cast bronzes of this class — aes grave produced in central Italy during the third century BC — were already becoming obsolete as Rome's monetary system expanded its reach following the Second Punic War. The attribution to an uncertain issuing city is not unusual for this series; scholars have proposed various Umbrian and Samnite centers over the decades without consensus settling anywhere firmly.
At over 75 grams for a quadrans, this piece dates from before the progressive weight reductions that would render the heavy cast series impractical within a generation.